Buddy Arrington Autographs
Buddy Rogers Arrington (July 26, 1938 – August 2, 2022) was an American NASCAR Winston Cup Series driver and owner.
Arrington has the second-most starts without a win, and finished in the top 10 of NASCAR points twice; in 1978 (ninth) and 1982 (seventh). Arrington was loyal to his Mopar cars and engines, as he ran Chryslers and Dodges until 1985 (Chrysler stopped production of raceable body styles in 1983 and they became ineligible two years later) when the company stopped supporting them. His best career race and finish was at Talladega in 1979, where he had a powerful enough car to lead a few laps towards the end, and finished third. Arrington finished one lap ahead of Richard Petty, driving one of Petty's cast-off Dodge Magnums that were left when Petty abandoned Mopar and began driving General Motors vehicles a year earlier, and several other top NASCAR drivers. Arrington almost always ran his own car, and his operation was a very money-conscious effort. His pit crew were almost always unpaid volunteers, and he relied heavily (and almost exclusively) on used equipment with Petty's old Magnums being his primary cars. Since Arrington could not afford new cars, his team would have to reconfigure the Petty cars and re-skin them into Dodge Miradas or Chrysler Imperials for a 1981 rule change.
Arrington's two Chrysler Imperials were the last Chrysler products to run in the NASCAR Winston Cup series. He ran the car at first in two races in the 1981 season, and in more races (alternating with Dodge Miradas) until April 1985, when at that point the parts supply, even used, for Chrysler products (Chrysler factory support ended in late 1978) dried up. He sold one of the Imperials (purchased from Cecil Gordon in 1984) to Phil Goode in April 1985 (Goode raced it till the end of the 1985 season), and his other Imperial was given to the NASCAR Hall of Fame at Talladega, Alabama. Arrington was always a much-liked man on the NASCAR circuit, and other teams and a small, but loyal fan club pitched in to help keep him racing. In 1985 the generosity of rising NASCAR star driver Bill Elliott (who sold Buddy his slightly used Ford Thunderbird race cars and parts on the cheap) kept Arrington driving until 1988. Buddy's son Joey Arrington (who at the age of 17 served on Buddy's pit crew, and built up his engines), now runs Arrington Manufacturing in Martinsville, Virginia. The company builds racing engines (mostly Dodges) for the Craftsman Truck Series, and test engines for Nextel Cup Nationwide series cars. Buddy Arrington was a regular visitor to his son's company, and often offered advice to young (mostly Dodge) drivers trying to make it in NASCAR racing.
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Traded items with a signature of Buddy Arrington
The most expensive item with a signature of Buddy Arrington (Autographed J D McDuffie, Buddy Arrington NASCAR Racing Photograph) was sold in August 2015 for $57.76 while the cheapest item (Buddy Arrington MoR Autographed Card) found a new owner for $0.99 in December 2011. The month with the most items sold (9) was February 2011 with an average selling price of $2.25 for an autographed item of Buddy Arrington. Sold items reached their highest average selling price in August 2015 with $57.76 and the month that saw the lowest prices with $0.99 was March 2008. In average, an autographed item from Buddy Arrington is worth $5.50.
Most recently, these items with a signature of Buddy Arrington were sold on eBay - click here for more items.
| Picture | Item Title | Price | Store |
 | 1988 Maxx Race Card # 1 SIGNED By Buddy Arrington | $4.99 |  |
| 3 Different Buddy Arrington Signed #67 Mopar NASCAR Postcards | $11.50 | |
| Buddy Arrington #67 PANILL INDEPENDENT 1988 MAXX VINTAGE NASCAR autographed card | $4.49 | |
| Buddy Arrington #83 1988 MAXX NASCAR WINSTON CUP VINTAGE autographed #67 card | $4.99 | |
 | Buddy Arrington #83 signed autograph auto 1988 Maxx NASCAR Racing Trading Card | $30.00 | |
| Buddy Arrington '91 MASTERS OF RACING VINTAGE NASCAR LEGEND WING CAR signed card | $9.99 | |
| Buddy Arrington autographed 1990 MASTERS OF RACING VINTAGE BLUE NASCAR card RARE | $7.99 | |
| BUddy Arrington DODGE #67 MASTERS OF RACING NASCAR LEGEND 1991 autographed card | $7.99 | |
| Buddy Arrington INDY #83 1988 MAXX NASCAR WINSTON CUP RACING VINTAGE signed card | $21.50 | |
| Buddy Arrington MASTERS OF RACING WINGED CAR #5 RARE VINTAGE autographed card | $6.99 | |
| Buddy Arrington Nascar Autographed Card | $7.99 | |
| Buddy Arrington PANNILL #83 1988 MAXX autographed WINSTON CUP NASCAR card | $9.99 | |
| BUDDY ARRINGTON signed 1988 MAXX trading card NASCAR Driver #83 ROOKIE CHARLOTTE | $11.99 | |
| Buddy Arrington signed MASTERS of RACING #67 DODGE Charger Nascar Blue Card #116 | $34.99 | |
 | Richard Petty/Buddy Arrington/Hershel McGriff signed 1988 MAXX card #47 | $34.98 | |
